One killed in N2 accident involving truck and police van near Mtubatuba

One person has been killed and two others seriously injured in a collision between a truck and a police on the N2 highway at kwaShikishela near Mtubatuba on Wednesday.

Mtubatuba police spokesman Captain Justice
Hlabisa confirmed that the accident involving a police vehicle but could not confirm if the deceased was also a police officer.

The cause of the accident is not known.

However, a witness has told SA Trucker that the police van was overtaking another truck which was partially driving in the emergency lane when it collided with the log truck from the other direction.

“It looks like the truck driver from the oncoming lane did not see the overtaking police van on time causing the head-on collision,” the witness, who refused to be identified, told SA Trucker.

Authorities were on the scene to investigate further.

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